One Name at a Time

Follow One Name at a Time
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

New week, new theme, new starting XI. Creating dream teams from our limited knowledge of football from around 1996 onward.

Ben Smith and Adám Perryman


    • May 31, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 14m AVG DURATION
    • 44 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from One Name at a Time with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from One Name at a Time

    Episode 44: Just Too Late

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 86:21


    After three years of podcasting, Pez and Ben look at all the Premier League players who could have featured in their respective nationalities' episodes of One Name at a Time, if they'd only been eligible for selection sooner, to find the best "just missed-out" XI...

    Episode 43: Rest of Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 72:25


    Ben and Pez bring together the rest of the UEFA-affiliated countries yet to be mentioned in previous episodes as they make a dream XI from the remaining handful of European players in the Premier League's history...

    Episode 42: World Cup Winners

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 46:12


    With the 2022 World Cup in Qatar already underway, Pez and Ben create the best XI of Premier League players who have lifted the most prestigious trophy in international football...

    Episode 41: Pre-Takeover Man City

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 63:27


    To offset the previous episode's bias, Ben and Pez explore rivals Manchester City's history to find the best XI of Premier League players who featured for the club before its game-changing Emirati takeover in 2008...

    Episode 40: Post-Fergie Man United

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 86:04


    During the tenth summer transfer window since Sir Alex Ferguson's departure, Pez and Ben look at creating the best XI of players to have made their Premier League débuts for Manchester United under any of the club's subsequent managers...

    Episode 39: Czechoslovakia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 54:54


    Ben and Pez jump back in geopolitical time once again and compile a theoretical best Czechoslovakian XI of Premier League players...

    Episode 38: Chelsea Loanees

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 66:04


    With the Abramovich era at an end, Pez and Ben look back through Chelsea's extensive loan system under the Russian's tenure to create the best XI of Premier League players who ultimately featured more for temporary clubs than they did for the Stamford Bridge side...

    Episode 37: Lucky Numbers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 90:35


    Using their respective favourite numbers, Ben and Pez find the best players to have worn the 14 and 17 shirts in the Premier League before creating a combined XI...

    Episode 36: Northern Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 66:09


    Pez and Ben bring together the best Northern Irish Premier League players with another nationality XI...

    Episode 35: Caribbean

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 52:05


    In a return to a nationality-based theme, Ben and Pez look at the Premier League's Caribbean contingent to construct the best XI of players from that region's collection of countries...

    Episode 34: Fantasy Newcastle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 52:56


    After the club's recent Saudi takeover, Pez and Ben imagine how a Newcastle United XI could line-up in the future if they signed some major Premier League targets...

    Episode 33: World Cup Semi-finals + Final

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021 67:07


    After an unexpected hiatus, the One Name at a Time World Cup champions are crowned as Ben and Pez decide on the winners of the semi-finals and final...

    Episode 32: World Cup Quarter-finals

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 111:04


    Following their successful unofficial European Championships, Pez and Ben have established the One Name at a Time World Cup, with the eight strongest worldwide teams from previous weeks clashing in this episode's quarter-final matches...

    Episode 31: England (Sans Super Six)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 93:03


    Following the controversial European Super League proposals, Ben and Pez look at what a potential English XI could look like for Euro 2020 without any players from the Premier League's "big six", with the draw for the One Name at a Time World Cup also being made...

    Episode 30: Australasia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 75:04


    It's a trip down under as Pez and Ben compile the best XI of Premier League Australians and New Zealanders...

    Episode 29: Denmark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2021 67:39


    Ben and Pez tick Denmark off the list and put together the greatest XI of Premier League Danes...

    Episode 28: Norway

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 65:50


    Norway gets Pez and Ben's attention, as the pair figure-out the Premier League's all-time best Norwegian XI...

    Episode 27: Sweden

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 60:52


    Ben and Pez take on a Scandinavian nation for the first time, putting together the best XI of Swedish Premier League footballers...

    Episode 26: Placenames

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 58:34


    Pez and Ben dust off their atlases to find a Premier League XI of players with names that are shared with towns, countries, regions and more...

    Episode 25: Scotland

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 69:28


    Ben and Pez look north of the border with the intention of distilling the finest Scottish XI of Premier League players...

    Episode 24: Belgium

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 69:56


    A return to a European focus sees Pez and Ben form a best possible XI of Premier League players from Belgium...

    Episode 23: Asia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 70:24


    The world tour continues, with Ben and Pez focusing on Asia to put together a starting XI of Premier League players from the traditional members of the AFC confederation...

    Episode 22: North America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 78:26


    It's another continental episode as Pez and Ben put together a starting 4-4-2 of Premier League players from the countries that compose mainland North America...

    Episode 21: Torquay United

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 69:38


    Ben and Pez bring attention to their hometown club Torquay United and put together an XI of Premier League players who have also featured for "the Gulls"...

    Episode 20: Rest of South America

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 82:27


    After looking at Brazil and Argentina individually, Pez and Ben tackle the eight other CONMEBOL countries as they put together a combined XI of Premier League players from the rest of South America...

    Episode 19: USSR

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 68:30


    Ben and Pez imagine how a hypothetical Soviet team would fare as they combine Premier League players from the nations that composed the former USSR and hope that it's possible to make a starting XI...

    Episode 18: Italy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 75:14


    Pez and Ben look through the best Italian imports to the Premier League before seeing if they can form a starting 4-4-2...

    Episode 17: Brazil

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 72:16


    Nowhere says "football" quite like Brazil, so Ben and Pez try to find the best Brazilians in Premier League history and put them into a starting XI...

    Episode 16: Brits Abroad

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 85:49


    Ben and Pez put together an XI of British Premier League players who have also plied their trade elsewhere in Europe...

    europe abroad xi brits pez british premier league
    Episode 15: Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 92:44


    The entire continent of Africa gets the One Name at a Time treatment, with Ben and Pez having the unenviable task of narrowing down hundreds of players to form a best-ever Premier League African XI...

    Episode 14: Argentina

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 83:08


    Pez and Ben take a first trip to South America as they find the best Argentine XI of Premier League players and fit them into a 4-4-2...

    Episode 13: < 10 Appearances

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 64:32


    Pez and Ben scour the record books to find the best XI of players with fewer than ten appearances in the Premier League...

    Episode 12: European Semi-finals + Final

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 76:16


    The One Name at a Time European Championships conclude with the semi-finals and final as Pez and Ben crown their winning nationality...

    Episode 11: European Quarter-finals

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 89:29


    In lieu of a proper European Championships this summer, Ben and Pez have put their own together, with the eight nationalities covered in previous episodes facing-off in quarter-final action this episode...

    Episode 10: Double-Barrelled

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 72:44


    Another name-based episode as Ben and Pez put together the Premier League's best XI of players with double-barrelled surnames, and the pair also make the draw for the One Name at a Time European Championship...

    Episode 9: Wales

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2020 87:07


    Ben and Pez put together the all-time best starting XI of Premier League players from Wales...

    Episode 8: Yugoslavia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2020 79:06


    Ben and Pez get the band back together as they look at the best Premier League players from the nations that composed the former Yugoslavia, and then form a combined starting XI...

    Episode 7: Portugal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 85:20


    The reigning European champions take centre stage this week, with Pez and Ben seeing if it's possible make a 4-4-2 out of the Premier League's best ever Portuguese players...

    Episode 6: Germany

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 71:31


    Pez and Ben work their way through the best German players to grace the Premier League, and then try to agree on the most efficient starting XI possible...

    Episode 5: Alliteration

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 67:44


    A change-up from nationalities this week, as Ben and Pez look at the best Premier League players with alliterative names and fit them into a starting XI...

    Episode 4: Spain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 90:21


    It's all eyes on Iberia as Ben and Pez find the best Spanish players from the Premier League and try to fit them into a starting 4-4-2...

    Episode 3: Republic of Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 89:51


    Pez and Ben turn their attention to the Emerald Isle as they try to create a best Republic of Ireland Premier League XI...

    Episode 2: Netherlands

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 71:59


    Ben and Pez try to avoid talking Double Dutch as they put together the best starting XI of Premier League players from the Netherlands...

    Episode 1: France

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 67:45


    Pez and Ben try to remember the best French players to have played in the Premier League and then, somehow, fit them into a starting XI...

    Claim One Name at a Time

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel